IT
Shouldn’t Happen
to a
Volunteer
Over 30 Years ago, on June 9th 1987 two lads set off on an adventure that was to change their lives forever.
These are their stories.

Cowshit – First Impressions of Erez
The jeep pulled into the car park and our driver left us to struggle with our bags and other shit. I stood and looked around me drinking in the scenery. “This place looks all right,” I said addressing my comments to no one in particular. “Cowshit.” said my brother. “Don’t you mean Bullshit,” I replied […]

The Road to Erez – Mime – מַיִם
Israel in June 1987 was apparently in the grip of a heatwave with temperatures exceeding the seasonal norm and humidity an unbearable 98%, not the best place to go for a stroll lugging your worldly possessions, particularly after a night of no sleep and too much alcohol. We didn’t know it at the time but […]

Egged Buses (Day One)
The bus ride south to Ashkelon was unmemorable in its ordinariness. It was to become a route most often travelled as the years passed. Therefore to isolate that first journey from the wealth of later memories would be impossible. Nothing memorable happened. The bus left the Bus Station on time and headed out of the […]

Tel Aviv Bus Station (Day One)
Visitors to Tel Aviv in 2021, who are thinking of using public transport can now enjoy the relative calm of the new multi-storey, multi-level, shopping complex with added Bus Station on the roof, that serves the city today. Back when I first set foot in Israel it was a different story. The central bus station, […]


